[FARC] Tower program on National Geographic Channel

[K3SKE Dan Szymanski]

Next airing on NGC is Sunday 30 Nov @ 6 PM


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Subject: Re: [PVRC] Tower program on National Geographic Channel


> If this is the program I am thinking about, it features a project done by
> Kevin Barber who runs Tower King II out of TX.
> Kevin is a very ingenious person who has done some very heavy lifts as it
> pertains to the building of tall towers. Tower King II is not a cell tower
> or monopole erector. The airing of this has been known within the business
> for the past six months or so.

> A couple of the tower techs in this broadcast are local (within the PVRC
> radius) men who have been in the business for some time as well that I 
> know.
> It should be a much better showing than that poor excuse of what Dateline
> put together called "Tower Dogs".
>
> Even without watching it yet I would say it is worth watching.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew" <ac6wi at comcast.net>
> To: <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:17 AM
> Subject: [PVRC] Tower program on National Geographic Channel
>
>
>> For those contesters among the group with DVRs, or for those who are not
>> taking part in CQWW CW.....
>>
>> There was a program on the National Geographic Channel last night that
>> is being rerun this Sunday evening from 6-7pm (the last hour of the
>> contest) called Worlds Toughest Fixes where they show the replacement of
>> a multi-ton (11,000lb?) TV antenna on the top of a 2,000ft tower.  Very
>> interesting and it definitely puts 200ft amateur towers into perspective
>> :)
>>
>> Vy 73,
>>
>> Andrew AC6WI
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